Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । विनायकस्य माहात्म्यं महत्त्वं शांतिकं तथा

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | vināyakasya māhātmyaṃ mahattvaṃ śāṃtikaṃ tathā

Translation

ਇਹ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੱਸ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਤੂੰ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਪੁੱਛਿਆ ਸੀ—ਵਿਨਾਇਕ ਦੀ ਮਹਿਮਾ, ਉਸ ਦੀ ਮਹਾਨਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਪ੍ਰਦਾਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਵੀ।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc singular)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (4/6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (dative/genitive singular: 'to you/your')

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc singular; adjective)

• आख्यातम्: has been explained
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+ख्या (धातु) → आख्यात (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक (past participle: 'has been told')

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Clause-link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्ययवत् (relative particle introducing clause: 'which/that')

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (accusative singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (nominative singular)

• परिपृच्छसि: you ask
• परिपृच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (present indicative, 2nd sg)

• विनायकस्य: of Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• विनायकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (masculine, genitive singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness/glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc singular)

• महत्त्वम्: majesty/importance
• महत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc singular)

• शान्तिकम्: pacificatory (for appeasement)
• शान्तिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc singular; adjective)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (indeclinable: 'and also')

Speaker

Unspecified (contextually the responding sage/narrator concluding the explanation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator concludes the teaching to a king: calm assembly, palm-leaf manuscript, Vināyaka’s icon nearby; the mood is settled and pacified.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching is transmitted through inquiry and complete exposition, emphasizing Vināyaka’s role as a bestower of peace and auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to the Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting (Arbuda/Mount Abu sacred geography) within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed in this verse; it marks a summary/closure of the māhātmya explanation.